Species occurrence in the nine pelagic sections are compared on a relative scale in Table 9 . 
TABLE 9 
• 
Jarvis- 
Malden 
Starbuck 
to Samoa 
Samoa 
to Grid 
Phoenix 
to Fiji 
N of 
12° N. 
12° N. 
12° N. 
to 5° N. 
5° N. 
5° N. 
to Grid 
Black-footed Alb. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Sooty/Slender Sh. 
44 
4 
0 
0 
— 
0 
- 
1 
0 
Wedge-tailed Sh. 
- 
4 
— 
1 
— 
* 
* 
4 
Christmas Sh. 
0 
4 
0 
0 
0 
••0 
0 
0 
4 
Newell^ Sh. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
44 
4 
4 
0 
Audubon Shear. 
0 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
44 
4 
Other Shear. 
0 
4 
0 
0 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
Phoenix/Tahiti Pet. 
4 
4 
. 4 
0 
0 
0 
4 
44 
0 
A 
Mottled Petrel 
4 
4 
0 
0 
4 
0 
0 
4 
0 
Dark-rumped Petrel 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Pterodroma externa 
4 
0 
0 
0 
4 
44 
4 
4 
4 
Small Pterodroma 
- 
1 
jr# 
y V 
— 
— 
1 
1 
4 
1 
Pterodroma sp. 
- 
- 
0 
/0 
/ 
- 
44 
4 
4 
— 
Bulwer 1 s Petrel 
0 • 
4 
0 
4 — 
f 
- 
4 
4 
44 
0 
Storm Petrel 
44 
4 
1 
■ 1 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
Shearwater/Petrel 
1 
1 
- 
- 
• 
4 
1 
— 
44 
White-t. Tropicbird 
0 
1 
1 
1 
4 
1 
— 
0 
Red-t. Tropicbird 
0 
- 
0 
— 
— 
4 
1 
1 
0 
Blue-faced Booby 
44 
— 
0 
0 
— 
— 
— 
Brown Booby 
0 
4 
0 
0 
4 
0 
♦ • 
4 
0 
. c 
Red-footed Booby 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
4 
— 
1 
1 
Frigatebird 
4 
1 
- 
1 
— 
0 
0 
“ — 
0 
Skua/jaeger 
0 
0 
0 
0 
44 
0 
1 
0 
Sooty Tern 
4 
1 
1 
44 
— 
1 
“ — 
1 
4 
Blue-gray Noddy 
0 
0 
0 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Common Noddy 
0 
44 
4 
4 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
White-capped Noddy 
0 
4 
0 
— 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
White Tern 
1 
4 
4 
4 
- 
0 
0 
1 
Total 
4 
4 
1 
4 
- 
1 
- 
4 
1 
0 = Absent 
•- = Present, but at very low Din. density with respect to other areas. 
+ » Present, lin. density very high with respect to other areas. 
1 = Present, linear density about the mean. 
- = Present, lin. density below mean. 
4 = Present; or present lin. density 
above mean. 
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